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Skipper

2 stages from Middle Dutch to English.

Today it means the captain of a small ship or boat, or the leader of a team
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Stage 1 of 2
schipper
Middle Dutch · medieval
"the captain of a ship"
one who commands a ship, from schip (ship)
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Stage 2 of 2
skipper
English · 1300s
"the captain of a small ship or boat"
settled as the English word for the captain of a small ship or boat
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